Lewis Black Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

“You look at my audience, and it proves what Congress thinks America is, is wrong. I get people across the political spectrum. Parents and kids come and they're all punked out, and there are these other guys in John Deere caps.”

“If you yell about one woman, you're not a misogynist. If I yell about Michelle Bachman, that doesn't make me a misogynist. If I compare all women to Michelle Bachman, then I'm a misogynist.”

“The kids say golf taught them this and that. I get it with the military: A guy joins the military because he needs discipline and has to find himself. But don't tell me, 'Golf helps you find yourself.' I've been playing my whole life, and I'm still looking for myself.”

“My parents were married for sixty-five years, and I was married for about ten minutes, my first year at Yale Drama School. Something, somehow, didn't get passed on to my generation.”

“The fine line that you do when you do political comedy is, as long as you have that laugh, you're fine.”

“Stupidity really gets me going, when it's just plain stupid, obvious stupidity.”

“The fear of health care changing is beyond belief. Like there's a way to make the system worse. Really?”

“Basically, I started on stage yelling and I kept yelling, and then I yelled some more, and then I yelled even louder. I'm modulated now.”

“I think one reason people play golf is it allows them to obsess about something other than the daily crap. It takes your mind off that.”

“I was broke until I was 40. Really broke. I could get by, but I had nothing.”